Stress fracture of the patella. Confirmation by triple-phase bone imaging.
An athlete complained of chronic knee pain but had minimal findings on physical examination and initial equivocal radiographs. Subsequent tomograms of the knee suggested a patella stress fracture. Three-phase bone imaging confirmed a stress fracture of the inferior pole of the patella.
Rockett
J F
JF
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Baptist Memorial Hospital East, Memphis, Tennessee 38120.
Freeman
B L
BL
D000328:Adult; D001490:Basketball / Q000293:injuries*; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010329:Patella / Q000293:injuries*; D011875:Radionuclide Angiography